Effect of breed body size and the muscular hypertrophy gene in the production and carcass traits of concentrate-finished yearling bulls

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1229-1239

  Martinez A ^a   Aldai, N ^b   Celaya, R ^a   Osoro, K ^a  

^a Área de Cultivos Hortofrutícolas y Forestales   (Spain)

^b LACOMBE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carcass composition; Double muscled; Efficiency; Fattening; Growth rate; Rusticity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CATTLE; GENE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MEAT; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STANDARD;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CATTLE; GENES; GENOTYPE; MALE; MEAT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE;

ANIMALIA; HORDEUM;

EID: 77949728829     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2009-2025     Document Type: Article

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